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BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION TH-CBD-499-1 Building Information Form Form No. Area CBD 681-683 NR Ind. # Tt-59 ADDRESS Washington St. COR.LaGrange Ste NAME Hayden Building (same) present originaL MAP No. 24N-12E DATE 1875 SUB AREA (Building Permit) source being prentad (Photo) ARCHITECT H.H. Richardson source BUILDER Norcross Brothers source OWNER Heirs of John C. Hayden/ Joseph P.Balliro original present PHOTOCRAPHS 112 3/6.79 Ward 3, Parcel #4920,UTW# 19/330020/4690640 (Ind. Ref. #) TYPE (residential) siagle double LOW 2-fam. 3-deck apt. (non-residential) commercial NO. OF STORIES (Ist to cornice) 5 plus - ROOF flat cupola_ dormers MATERIALS (Erame) ciapboards shingles stucco asphalt asbestos (Other) brick stoneJongmeadowconcrete iron/steel/alu.
-brownstone BRIEF DESCRIPTION Narrow Romanesque commercial structure with characteristic Richardsonian features including strong massing, simple outlines and large scale stone detailing, maior entrance on Washington St (now altered) EXTERIOR ALTERATION minor (moderate drastic alterations to both 1st floer facades CONDITION good poor LOT AREA 1400 sq. feet NOTEWORTHY SITE CHARACTERISTICS Building fills entire lot; narrow 22ft. facade faces Washington St, with 62 ft. along LaGrange 27622123L 15:2 SIGNIFICANCE (cont'd on reverse) Last extant 275 01121 STREET 1249 1276 2877 1400 * 68360) 1425 1470 Washington BEACH commercial building in Boston designed 604 682 3950 by H.H. Richardson and one of less than ten commercial buildings ever designed by the emiannt architect.
In massing and 5/32 4650 Street CENTE: THEATRE 12,420 (NRI) 8443 7 1980 1447 NOV DEC 9 1980 Moved;date ifkuown Themes (check as many as applicable) Aboriginal Conservation Agricultural Education Architectural Exploration/ The Arts settlement Commerce Industry Communication Community/ Military Political Recreation Religion Scienca/ invention Social/ humanitarian Iransportation development Significance (include explanation of themes checked above) facade articulation, the building is said to foreshadow Richardson's 1886 Marshall Field Wholesale Store in Chicago, considered by architectural historians to have provided many of the design solutions for the facade treatment of Chicago skyscrapers of the late 1880's and 1890's. Thus the Hayden Building assumes significance as an early, long unrecognized prototype for the modern skyscraper.
Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886) has been termed "the champion of 19th century American architecture," pioneering a distinctive personal style which proliferated in America and is now termed Richardsonian Romanesque. Richardson designed a number of important Boston public and institutional buildings including Trinity Church, Sever and Austin Halls at Harvara, and numerous public libraries and railroad depots, as well as important national commissions such as the Albany City Hall (1880) and Allegheny County Buildings in Pittsburg (1883-8) Preservation Consideration (accessibility, re-use possibilities, capacity for public use and enjoyment, protection, utilities, contest) The Hayden Building, located in the Boston Adult Entertainment District, is now (1978) vacant on the upper three floors.
The area is targeted for environmental upgrading and economic improvement and development proposals have been made for this and adjacent blocks. Preservation of the Hayden Building and compatibility of any new construction should be a primary consideration of any development proposal. etndenc ®sdd/ 38l ]ocal histories, deeds, assessor's records, early maps, etc.) 1. Report of the Boston Landmarks Commission on the potential designation of the Hayden Building as a Landmark under Chapter 772 oi the Acts of 1975(includes Society of Architectural Histoians, (Vo1 XXII, no. 2, May, 1973. 3. Hitchcock, Henry R, The Architecture of H.H. Richardson and His Iimes, Cambridge, 1966 4. Building Department, Boston City Hall (building permit- 1875) 9. Major Bibliographical References See continuation sheets, Section 9 UTM NOT VERIFLD ROTEAGE NOT VER'FED 10.
Geographical Data see individual and area forms Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name - Boston South UMT References Quadrangle scale 1"=25,000' A 1 19 Zone CLL E 329940/ Easting 14600/650 Northing Zone Easting Northing DLL LULLL LILu FLI LLILLL HLIJ LLILLL LILILLI LLLLL Verbal boundary description and justification The southern boundary of the Theatre Area starts at a oint on Washington St., 520' south of the intersection of Kneeland & Washington. From this point it uns due west along an arbitrary straight Tine to a point on Charles St. South 442' south of Stuart treet. From thence it follows Charles St. South one blocknorth to the intersection of Stuart st., List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state code county code state code county code 11.
FormPrepared By name/title Candace Jenkins, Registration Director by Pamela Fox Bostor Landmarks Commission organization Massachusetts Historical Commission 294 Washington Street date street & number telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston, state MA 02108 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national .
state local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89- 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according tothe criteria and procedures set forthby theHeritage Conservation and Recreation Service State Historic Preservation Officer signature atuahWeslrski 10/20/80 title For HCAS use only I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register till Keeper of the National Register Attest: atudn A Chief of Registration - date date 12-/9/82 date 12/4/80 GPO 938 Property Basten Theatre Muttipl Resonce Cuen State MA, Suffock Working Number fl, 7, 80, 2781 TECHNICAL DUE 1/1/8/ CONTROL Photos Maps 1/3 This muttipte resounce area is significant fer the quality s its architectine HISTORIAN nd/oi ets assoccalion wilh the deveopment of the important boston music industu arcept d glouth of the theater /maire house industry.
Thedistret's and individual brüldings chieved significanel between c. 1890and the 1930 s- contained inthis m.A.A. au Pattick Andus igrificant poups o late 19th/ealy 20th cent commercial trüldings, thocentes 1/4/80 the musi industin (especially piano manufacturing) and ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN pamples fevery laind of theater that develgfed in Beston in this peciod. This is a good multuple esource homination -they hove included all the reguired categores s informalion.
ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 2.2.87 Send-back Re-submit Entered_DEC 9 4980 United States Department ofthe Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service SSION nge TTENMT 25 the scene IES PRIVATE VIEWING BOOTHS FEME GENE BOCTS 25 PEEP ARAN SOPER CouR FULL LENGTH MOVIES 25 25 THE SCEN8 25 XXX ADULT M AOVIES PRIVATE VIEWING BOOTHS 25 $ 25 125:215 INTERMISSION" Lounge AROUND THE CORMER Hayder Burlding Baster Resto MRt Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000272